Security at Epcot

[DarthVader]

So here I am waiting for my wife to get through the security line at Epcot. It's been 30+ minutes so far and so far no end in sight

The frustrating part is we had to endure a security checkpoint to get on the monorail in the first place. Basically we are closing in on an hour wait just to get in the park

At least in MK, once you get through the monorail security line you are done.

Epcot's setup is horrible

/Rant

 

[Hcalvert]

I know. I am thinking on the days that I go to Epcot that I am not bringing anything since I will be taking a monorail and just deal with it.

 

[FutureCEO]

Question: If you bring a glass case that you can't fit in your pocket, do you have go through the big security line or can you go through guest without bags?

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

I don't know why the security lines at Epcot move so slowly.

 

[wdisney9000]

On a busy day, it would be wise to just pay for an Uber or Minnie Van and get dropped off at the Boardwalk or YC/BC and then enter through the IG. I took Uber from Bay Lake Tower to Boardwalk and it was $8. Well worth it compared to waiting in line for 30-45 minutes at security entrance at front of Epcot.

Considering that the Uber was already waiting by the time I got to the lobby, that saved time waiting for a bus and the walk to the IG from Boardwalk took jut a few minutes and it is usually not crowded at that entrance, especially in the morning.

 

[Hcalvert]

Is there security at the TTC when people get on the EP monorail?

 

[Disney4family]

Question: If you bring a glass case that you can't fit in your pocket, do you have go through the big security line or can you go through guest without bags?

We always use a clear, see-through backpack. We don't have to open it and they thank us, but we still have to go through security.

 

[LAKid53]

So hate I am waiting for my wife to get through the security line at Epcot. It's been 30+ minutes so far and so far no end in sight

The frustrating part is we had to endure a security checkpoint to get on the monorail in the first place. Basically we are closing in on an hour wait just to get in the park

At least in MK, once you get through the monorail security line you are done.

Epcot's setup is horrible

/Rant

I was surprised to have to go through bag check a 2nd time after going through both bag check and metal detector to get on the monorail at a resort. Guess there's no way with the current setup to separate the two groups, as there's no security to get on either the express or resort monorail from MK to TTC to pick up Epcot monorail. At least I don't remember when I got off one to get on the other.

 

[DarthVader]

Is there security at the TTC when people get on the EP monorail?

Yes or at poly

I was surprised to have to go through bag check a 2nd time after going through both bag check and metal detector

Yeah, it was unbelievable. I can understand securing the monorail but to go through another security checkpoint is uncalled for

 

[LAKid53]

Is there security at the TTC when people get on the EP monorail?

For those who park, maybe. But I don't remember passing through security when transferring to the Epcot monorail at TTC. And can't remember going through security to get ON either monorail at MK.

 

[LAKid53]

Yes or at poly

Yeah, it was unbelievable. I can understand securing the monorail but to go through another security checkpoint is uncalled for

You have to go through security - bag check and metal detector - at all 3 monorail resorts before boarding.

If there's no security check point at the IG entrance to Epcot, that's a real problem. I've never used that entryway except during runDisney races.

 

[Hcalvert]

If there is no security at MK or the TTC and only when you get on at the resorts, then that is why you have to go through it twice, I think. I plan to walk from Poly to the TTC, so I may be going through security once when I go to Epcot.

 

[larryz]

I don't think the plaza between the ticket booths and the monorail platforms is big enough to put a security checkpoint and still move people thru there...

 

[JIMINYCR]

Yikes... I usually pass through fairly quickly with my backpack, but they always stop DW in her w/c because shes not only got a backpack hanging off the back but several smaller pouches on the sides of the chair holding things she needs that they insist on going over with great scrutiny. Its a real headache waiting for them to clear her through when they hang her up.

 

[marni1971]

This would work

Red is the sterile boundary. Green the already checked monorail arrivals.

Blue is guests arriving to be checked at the yellow security points.

Tram arrivees could use either checkpoint with a new simple pathway around the end of the monorail ramp.

Armchair Imagineering admittedly but it’s not difficult to do as we wait for a possible wholesale entrance re design.

 

[Clamman73]

I still think any easy way is to just reverse the entrance and exit of the monorail.

Edit: well maybe you lose the security envelope of people getting on....

 

[UncleMike101]

You'd think, considering that Disney has put a ton of money and time into the Magic Bands, that they would be able to track the wearer from one Security point to another and eliminate the redundant extra checks.

 

[Monty]

This would work

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Red is the sterile boundary. Green the already checked monorail arrivals.

Blue is guests arriving to be checked at the yellow security points.

Tram arrivees could use either checkpoint with a new simple pathway around the end of the monorail ramp.

Armchair Imagineering admittedly but it’s not difficult to do as we wait for a possible wholesale entrance re design.

The difficulty with this is the tram passengers would be significantly put out of their way as well as some pedestrians from parking. Not insurmountable, but not ideal either.

You'd think, considering that Disney has put a ton of money and time into the Magic Bands, that they would be able to track the wearer from one Security point to another and eliminate the redundant extra checks.

Then someone with a Magic Band could be passed contraband while they're outside the security perimeter but have already been screened once.

 

[nicb88]

The difficulty with this is the tram passengers would be significantly put out of their way as well as some pedestrians from parking. Not insurmountable, but not ideal either.

Given how much walking can be done at Epcot in a single day, the rerouted tram passenger walk is surely more of a minor issue. It's only really a few extra feet. If they really wanted to mitigate it, they could change the drop off location to the other side and then they wouldn't have to walk round the monorail ramp or further to the east side of the plaza.

 

[Chef Mickey]

You'd think, considering that Disney has put a ton of money and time into the Magic Bands, that they would be able to track the wearer from one Security point to another and eliminate the redundant extra checks.

All kinds of problems with that. Unfortunately, a physical check is needed.